crank up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [krangk uhp]
- /kræŋk ʌp/
- /kræŋk ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [krangk uhp]
- /kræŋk ʌp/

Definitions of crank up words

phrasal verb crank up If you crank up a machine or device, you start it. 3
phrasal verb crank up If you crank up the volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud. 3
phrasal verb crank up To crank something up means to increase it or make it more intense. 3
verb crank up to increase (loudness, output, etc) 3
verb crank up to set in motion or invigorate 3
verb crank up to inject a narcotic drug 3

See all 31 definitions of crank up

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Origin of crank up

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10; noun use of verb phrase crank up

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Crank up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Crank up

crank up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

crank up usage trend in Literature

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